> those same monsters that destroyed the world we knew through monetizing everything

That's why we get to use google for free.

I use a ton of excellent free software.

"You're not the customer, you're the product being sold."

It's all very "free" until ICE rams my car and drags me away because someone sold them the geolocation and facial-recognition data being automatically collected by that "excellent" software.

OK, sure, that's a dramatic example, but the same principle holds for plenty of other scenarios involving employers, insurance rates, etc.

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WalterBright an hour ago | parent [-]

The government already has your facial features recorded and databased. (From your passport photo, DL photo, and when you get on an airplane.) LPRs are being installed all over town by the government.

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		I'm not sure what you mean here: Are you agreeing and layering on other depressing considerations, or are you downplaying that kind of privacy-break as having no effect? It does matter. Imagine if Anne Frank (or Anna Franco) is hiding in my attic, and then myself or a guest accidentally takes a picture, perhaps without disabling the internet connection. There's also the the social-graph it allows someone to construct: https://kieranhealy.org/blog/archives/2013/06/09/using-metad...
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